mangan

See also: Mangan, mangán, and mangan-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 満貫 (mangan), an orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 滿貫 / 满贯 (mǎnguàn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːŋɡɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːŋɡɑːn
• Hyphenation: man‧gan

Noun

mangan (plural mangan or mangans)

1. (Japanese mahjong) A win achieving five han, or three/four han with the required number of fu; worth 12,000 points if the winning player is on the East (dealer) side or 8,000 points otherwise.
   • 2015, Ritz Kobayashi, “Hand 0: Showdown” (chapter 3), in anonymous translator, Saki, volume 1, Yen Press, →ISBN, page 75:

     Even if she gets +8000 points with a mangan, she'll be at -1.

   • 2016, “Riichi: Rules for Japanese Mahjong, 2016 edition”, in mahjong-europe.org‎^[1], European Mahjong Association, archived from the original on 13 December 2016, Chombo (section 3.4.6), page 15:

     Outside tournaments the chombo penalty is a reverse mangan payment: 4,000 to East, 2,000 to other players.

   • 2016, Ch'en Huo-ch'üan, translated by Lili Selden, Special Issue on Imperial Subject Literature in Taiwan, US-Taiwan Literature Foundation, →ISBN, The Path, page 66:

     In mahjong last night I had a six-han hand! I got a mangan.

   • 2023, Yuto Yotsuba, “Special Short Story "Kongming, the Pinch-Hitter"”, in Ryo Ogawa, transl., Ya Boy Kongming!, volume 10, Kodansha USA, →ISBN:

     By the time they'd reached the twelfth round, Kobayashi had won the first hand by drawing his winning tile. "Tsumo! Riizumo, pinfu, dora 2—Mangan. 2000, 4000!" Incredibly, Kobayashi had won a full 8000 points on his first hand.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:
  • Cantonese: 滿貫 / 满贯 (mun⁵ gun³)
  • Mandarin: 滿貫 / 满贯 (zh) (mǎnguàn)
• Japanese: 満貫 (ja) (mangan)
• Korean: 만관 (man'gwan)

Albanian

Noun

mangan

1. manganese

Czech

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: chrom (Cr)
Next: železo (Fe)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mangan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡan]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: man‧gan

Noun

mangan m inan

1. manganese

Declension

Declension of mangan (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mangan	mangany
genitive	manganu	manganů
dative	manganu	manganům
accusative	mangan	mangany
vocative	mangane	mangany
locative	manganu	manganech
instrumental	manganem	mangany

Further reading

• “mangan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mangan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mangan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: chrom (Cr)
Next: jern (Fe)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin magnesia, via Italian manganese.

Noun

mangan n (singular definite manganet, not used in plural form)

1. manganese

Declension

Declension of mangan

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mangan	manganet
genitive	mangans	manganets

References

• “mangan” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology 1

Accusative singular form of mangur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛŋkan/

Adjective

mangan m

1. many
   • á mangan hátt

     in many manners

Declension

Declension of mangan (a13)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mangur	mong	mangt
accusative	mangan	manga	mangt
dative	mongum	mangari	mongum
genitive	mangs	mangar	mangs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mangir	mangar	mong
accusative	mangar	mangar	mong
dative	mongum	mongum	mongum
genitive	manga	manga	manga

Etymology 2

From French manganèse.

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: krom (Cr)
Next: jarn (Fe)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋˈkan/

Noun

mangan n (genitive singular mangans, uncountable)

1. manganese

Declension

n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mangan	manganið
accusative	mangan	manganið
dative	mangani	manganinum
genitive	mangans	mangansins

Finnish

Noun

mangan

1. genitive singular of manga

Anagrams

• magnan

Galician

Verb

mangan

1. third-person plural present indicative of mangar

Icelandic

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: króm (Cr)
Next: járn (Fe)

Noun

mangan n (genitive singular mangans, no plural)

1. manganese (chemical element)

Declension

Declension of mangan (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mangan	manganið
accusative	mangan	manganið
dative	mangani	manganinu
genitive	mangans	mangansins

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ŋaən. Compare Isnag mangan, Kapampangan mangan, Pangasinan mangan, Tagalog mangain, Javanese mangan, and Balinese mangan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋan/

Verb

mangan

1. to eat

Japanese

Romanization

mangan

1. Rōmaji transcription of まんがん
2. Rōmaji transcription of マンガン

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦩꦔꦤ꧀
Pegon
Roman	mangan

Alternative forms

• amangan

Etymology

Affixation of nge- +‎ pangan.

Verb

mangan (ngoko mangan, krama nedha, krama inggil ndhahar)

1. to eat

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ŋaən. Compare Ilocano mangan. By surface analysis, mang- +‎ kan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈŋan/ [mʌˈŋʌn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ma‧ngan

Verb

mangán

1. to eat

Derived terms

• mangan taku

Kapampangan

Etymology

From mang- +‎ kan. Also from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ŋaən. Compare Ilocano mangan, Isnag mangan, Pangasinan mangan, Tagalog mangain, Javanese mangan, and Balinese mangan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈŋan/ [məˈŋän]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ngan

Verb

mangan

1. to eat

Limos Kalinga

Verb

mangan

1. to eat

Malay

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: kromium (Cr)
Next: besi (Fe)

Etymology

Indirectly from Italian manganese, alteration of Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maŋɡan], [maŋɡən], [mɛŋɡən]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡan, -ɡan, -an

Noun

mangan (plural mangan-mangan or mangan²)

1. manganese (chemical element)

Synonyms

• batu kawi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin magnesia, via Italian manganese.

Noun

mangan n (definite singular manganet, uncountable)

1. manganese (chemical element, symbol Mn)

References

• “mangan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin magnesia, via Italian manganese.

Noun

mangan n (definite singular manganet, uncountable)

1. manganese (as above)

References

• “mangan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pangasinan

Etymology

From mang- +‎ kan. From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ŋaən. Compare Ilocano mangan, Isnag mangan, Kapampangan mangan, Tagalog mangain, Javanese mangan, and Balinese mangan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ngan
• IPA^(key): /maˈŋan/, [maˈŋan]

Verb

mangán (perfective angan, imperfective mangakan)

1. to eat

Polish

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: chrom (Cr)
Next: żelazo (Fe)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.ɡan/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aŋɡan
• Syllabification: man‧gan

Noun

mangan m inan

1. manganese, a chemical element

Declension

Declension of mangan

	singular
nominative	mangan
genitive	manganu
dative	manganowi
accusative	mangan
instrumental	manganem
locative	manganie
vocative	manganie

Further reading

• mangan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mangan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: crom (Cr)
Next: fier (Fe)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mangan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡan/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: man‧gan

Noun

mangan n (uncountable)

1. manganese (chemical element)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mangan	manganul
genitive-dative	mangan	manganului
vocative	manganule

References

• “mangan”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mangan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎnɡaːn/
• Hyphenation: man‧gan

Noun

màngān m inan (Cyrillic spelling ма̀нга̄н)

1. manganese

Declension

Declension of mangan

	singular
nominative	màngān
genitive	mangána
dative	manganu
accusative	mangan
vocative	mangane
locative	manganu
instrumental	manganom

References

• “mangan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Simalungun Batak

Verb

mangan

1. active of pangan (“to eat”)

References

• Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 144.

Slovene

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: króm (Cr)
Next: želézo (Fe)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manɡáːn/

Noun

mangȃn m inan

1. manganese

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	mangán
genitive	mangána
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mangán
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mangána
dative (dajȃlnik)	mangánu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mangán
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mangánu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mangánom

Further reading

• “mangan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “mangan”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Verb

mangan

1. third-person plural present indicative of mangar

Swedish

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: krom (Cr)
Next: järn (Fe)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋˈɡɑːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

mangan n (uncountable)

1. manganese

Declension

Declension of mangan

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mangan	mangans
	definite	manganet	manganets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Noun

mangan

1. definite singular of manga

References

• mangan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mangan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mangan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Toba Batak

Verb

mangan

1. active of pangan (“to eat”)

References

• Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 144.

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Mn
Previous: crom (Cr)
Next: sắt (Fe)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːn˧˧ ɣaːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ɣaːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧ ɣaːŋ˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: man gan

Noun

mangan

1. manganese

West Coast Bajau

Verb

mangan

1. to eat